2:00 pm – 2: 05 pm

Session changeover

2:05 pm – 3:05 pm

The Renewable Energy sector in India has seen a thrust in the last one year especially on new technologies, low cost solutions for generating & distributing Renewable Energy. This opens up opportunities for investment, financing, collaborations as well as technology partnerships for Overseas Indians with Indian companies.

Discussions will include the trends and challenges in investments & collaborations in Renewable energy in India, the new technologies, financing & scaling up innovative business models in the renewables space in India; recent models which have seen solar tariffs at an all- time low of Rs 5.05 per kWh; factors to enable low cost financing for renewable projects and key fiscal incentives to encourage investments in India in the manufacturing segment.

3:10 pm – 4:10 pm

The Government has envisaged the Digital India program with a simple but bold ambition: to re-design government/essential services and place them on-line, while providing citizens’ access through personal mobile or community access facilities for convenience. Broadband access for all and a digital identity will help to empower the people. In short, going digital means that services – health, education, banking, and a whole host of other citizen services - can be delivered more efficiently, effectively, and in a transparent way. Delivering this will require close collaboration between government and industry.

The Session will explore the approaches of how government and industry can partner to implement the “Digital Presence” on the ground by creation of compelling digital strategies and services and how emerging trends and technology imperatives can impact the lives of its citizen. It will also showcase some live examples of how IT & Technology are game changers in making that difference.

Moderator: Mr Venk Shukla
General Partner, Monta Vista Capital and; President, TIE Silicon Valley
(TIE Silicon Valley is a nonprofit association dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship in the Bay Area as well as globally through mentoring, networking, education, incubating, and funding programs and activities.)

4:15 pm – 5:15 pm

Impact investing is all about generating social and environmental impact alongside financial return. While the concept is catching momentum worldwide and especially in India, the move in mind-sets from pure philanthropy to investing in Enterprises throws up several fundamental questions: What are Social Enterprises? How is Impact Investing different from philanthropy? What are the Impact Investing and Social Enterprise landscapes like in India? This panel will attempt to answer these questions while engaging the audience, highlighting case stories of select social enterprises in India and sharing insights on how overseas Indians can access social enterprises.

Moderator: Mr Abhay Garg Portfolio Manager, Acumen(Acumen raises charitable donations to invest in companies, leaders, & ideas that are changing the way the world tackles poverty.)

Panel Discussion I- Panelists

Mr Andris Cukurs

CEO, North American Subsidiary Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation, USA

(Suzlon is a market leader in wind energy in India with a global footprint across Asia, Australia,Europe, Africa and North and South America. Andy has over 32 years of experience in the energy & clean tech)

Mr Akhilesh Tripathi

(Part of the Tata group, one of India’s largest industrial conglomerates & most respected brands, TCS has presence in 46 countries. Akhilesh is responsible for growing the software business for TCS globally including world’s first neural automation software, ignio™ & TCS Platform solutions)

Mr Amit Khare

Director, Evolko Systems Private Limited

(Evolko is a live example of collaboration by Indian Americans for Digital India, using simple technology, to reach out to patients in remote locations & increase their access to medical-care. Amit Khare is an entrepreneur, inventor & a seasoned business man with a very successful track record in setting up new ventures, growing business)

Dr Seema Jain, MD

President, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI)

(AAPI is the umbrella organization representing the interests of over 60,000 doctors of Indian origin in the USA. Dr Jain is a member of advisory boards for several pharmaceutical and research companies)

Panel Discussion III- Panelists

Mr Shaffi Mather

Founder, MUrgency

(MUrgency is world’s first Global Emergency Response Network being built on Cloud & a true example of global collaboration with Tech Architecture from Silicon Valley with Development and Coding in India (& Dubai). Shaffi is a pioneer social entrepreneur & lawyer)

Dr Mamta Singhvi, AAPI

Youth leader, AAPI

ABOUT RPBD

The Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Overseas Indians Day), organized by Ministry of Overseas Indians, attempts to connect the Indian Diaspora with India, bringing their knowledge, expertise and skills together. The 2015 Convention will be the ninth such conference held outside India.